From 2 zones to 3 zones in diagramming for the agile literature review approach

This note discuss the reasons adopting 3 zones, instead of 2 zones, in diagramming for the agile literature review approach (ALRA)

A 2-zones scheme would go something likes this:

For examining management issues and concerns as well as for developing a set of high-level research tasks, the two-zones scheme has the following limitations:

1. It does not clearly indicate which independent variables are controllable, and which not, from the managerial perspective.

2. It does not tell whether the the dependent variable is indeed a management issue or management concern as related to an organization's organizational capability, organization's performance or any implemented or proposed recommendation.

3. It may have indicated some actions (e.g., some independent variables may be related to some manipulable policy options), but it does not indicate what the organization "can do" (or need to build up the capability to do), but primarily suggests what the company can consider "to do".

For these reasons, the writer adopts the 3-zones scheme for the agile literature review approach.

The 3-zones scheme is much more useful for guiding an applied business research project because it addresses the 2-zones scheme limitations much better.

Facebook resources for the Onion Model (Research Methods) : information

Facebook resources for the Onion Model (Research Methods) : information.

The onion model comes from Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. 2016. Research methods for business students, Pearson. The following table provides Facebook resources maintained by the writer related to the specific layers of the onion model:

Layers of the Onion Model	Facebook resources
1. Philosophy	Literature on research methods
2. Approaches to theory development	Literature on reasoning
3. Methodological choice	NIL
4. Strategies	Literature on case study research Literature on survey research Literature on ethnographic research Literature on interview research methods Literature on experiment research Literature on observation research Literature on grounded theory Literature on focus group
5. Time horizon	Nil
6. Techniques and procedures	Literature on qualitative research (on qualitative data analysis part). Literature on quantitative research (on quantitative data analysis part). Literature on correlation analysis

Blog articles on the Agile Literature Review Approach - a collection 2018 Winter

Blog articles on the Agile Literature Review Approach (ALRA) - a collection 2018 Winter


I. About the management-concerns diagrams

• On the nature of the management-concerns diagram
• Steps for producing a management-concerns diagram
• Refining management-concerns diagram variables

II. About the theoretical framework set

• Terminology of theoretical framework level-0
• Examples of components on theoretical framework level-0
• Using theoretical framework level-0 as an agenda to do literature review
• Terminology of theoretical framework level-1a
• Level of complexity of analytical academic ideas in the theoretical framework level-1a
• Offering concrete academic ideas for the construction of theoretical framework level-1a
• Conducting literature review at the component level of theoretical framework level-1a
• Guidelines for producing theoretical framework level-1b
• Two types of research tasks in the ALRA
• Terminology of theoretical framework level-1c
• Examining the underlying research philosophies of the ALRA research design (theoretical framework level-1c)

III. About the overall ALRA

• On the three zones of the ALRA diagramming
• From two zones to three ALRA zones
• On the rationale underlying the 3-zones scheme
• On the complicated understanding orientation of the ALRA
• Strengths and weaknesses of the ALRA
• On the double systemicity of the ALRA diagramming